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		Although Rockot's first test missions originated from test silos in Baikonur, initial commercial operations with the booster were moved to Russia's northern cosmodrome in Plesetsk.
		The first launch of the Rockot booster with the Breeze K upper stage and a RVSN-40 experimental satellite from its new pad in Plesetsk was expected as early as September 1999, however, financial and technical problems delayed the inaguration of the pad until end of 1999.
		The first Rockot's launch from Plesetsk was expected to validate the new rocket and its renovated launch complex for future commercial operations.
	www.russianspaceweb.com /rockot.html (2182 words)

	Obituary: William Rockot / Officer helped save 13 from 1947 riverboat blast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rockot's daughter, Linda Pastorius of Brookline, said the rescue was an important moment in her father's career and illustrated that he treated everyone fairly regardless of their race in an era before the civil rights movement.
		Rockot was born and raised in the South Side.
		Rockot is survived by a son, Dennis, of Ohio, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04280/391169.stm (480 words)

	ESA - ESA Permanent Mission in Russia - Rockot
		Rockot is a three-stage liquid propellant launcher with a re-ignitable upper stage called Breeze.
		Rockot, which can inject a 1900 kg payload into a 200 km altitude orbit, is operated by Eurockot, a German-Russian partnership in which Astrium/EADS participates for 51% and Khrunichev for 49%.
		There are plans to launch Rockot from a silo installation in Baikonur as this offers an advantage for telecommunications satellites oriented to low orbits with an inclination of around 50 degrees.
	www.esa.int /SPECIALS/ESA_Permanent_Mission_in_Russia/SEMEX30XDYD_0.html (306 words)

	KHRUNICHEV STATE RESEARCH AND PRODACTION SPACE CENTRE
		Rockot has a good performance largely due two the Breeze KM upper stage having broad capabilities as far as injection of spacecraft into orbits with different altitudes and/or inclinations is concerned.
		The Rockot processing facility is essentially a renovation of a number of structures, hardware, and transportation vehicles designed initially to support missions of the Tsiklon (‘Cyclone') 3 and Kosmos 3M launch vehicles.
		Two successful launches of Rockot to fly suborbital trajectories while carrying out geophysical experiments were performed at Baikonyr, one on November 20, 1990 and the other on December 20, 1991.
	www.khrunichev.ru /khrunichev_eng/live/full_raket.asp?id=13186 (1113 words)

	ESA - CryoSat - Launcher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Improvements to the Rockot launch vehicle were introduced in early 1998 to allow accommodation of larger payloads under the fairing.
		The first commercial Rockot launch was the German/US GRACE mission, launched in March 2002.
		The external diameter of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd stage is 2.5 metres; the payload fairing has an external diameter of 2.6 metres and a height of 6.7 metres.
	www.esrin.esa.it /SPECIALS/Cryosat/SEMM65908BE_0.html (378 words)

	Post-mortem explains CryoSat’s launch failure - space - 28 October 2005 - New Scientist Space
		All Rockots were then grounded as Russia, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Eurockot — the joint Russian and German venture that manufactures the launchers — began separate investigations.
		Rockot is comprised of a converted two-stage, Soviet-era missile called the SS-19 mated to an additional Breeze upper stage.
		Six Rockots of the type used in the CryoSat mission have launched successfully since they were introduced in 2000, while more than 140 SS-19s have launched without incident, according to Kinnersley.
	www.newscientistspace.com /article/dn8226 (530 words)

	GRACE: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
		During preparations for the ROCKOT Pad Verification Flight scheduled for January 2000, a failure took place while launch vehicle integrated electrical tests were being conducted.
		The flight was to have used a ROCKOT equipped with a Breeze-K stage and small payload fairing to launch the Russian payload RVSN-40.
		During standard processing the complete ROCKOT vehicle including its booster stage (stages 1 and 2), Breeze-K and Small Payload Fairing but without pay-load is stacked on the pad.
	www.csr.utexas.edu /grace/publications/press/00_01_05eurockot.html (584 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| Breaking News \| Rockot test launch successful
		The Rockot vehicle on the launch pad prior to liftoff.
		The goal of the Commercial Demonstration Flight CDF was the commissioning of the ROCKOT as an operational launch vehicle as well as the qualification of the dedicated EUROCKOT launch facilities at Plesetsk (40.5 degrees E, 62.
		ROCKOT simulated a commercial mission by successfully deploying two mass frequency simulator satellites SIMSAT-1 and -2 into an circular orbit of 540 km at an inclination of 86.4 degrees.
	spaceflightnow.com /news/n0005/16rockot (492 words)

	SPACE.com -- Rockot Delivers Multiple Satellites to Earth Orbit from Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Next to be separated from the Rockots upper stage were two Japanese student-built research satellites -- The University of Tokyos CubeSat XI and the Tokyo Institute of Technology Laboratory for Space Systems Cute-1 spacecraft.
		The Rockots Breeze upper stage also carried a mockup of an Earth observation satellite, called Monitor, which remained attached to the rocket and will be deorbited with the stage.
		The Rockot vehicle is marketed by Bremen, Germany-based Eurockot, which is 51 percent owned by EADS Space and 49 percent owned by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/rockot_launch_030630.html (537 words)

	SPACE.com -- Russian 'Rockot' Ready for Demo Launch
		Despite heavy snow inundating the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a commercial Rockot booster is expected to lift off on schedule from Russia's northern facility on Tuesday.
		The Rockot booster is a reincarnation of the UR 100-NU intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), known to the West by its NATO classification as the SS 19, or Stiletto.
		The launch complex in Plesetsk previously used by the Russian military for the Cosmos 3-M rocket was renovated to accommodate Rockot for commercial missions.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/launches/eurockot_preview_000515.html (732 words)

	Rockot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Rockot (also Rokot) (Russian: Ро́кот) is a Russian space launch vehicle that can launch a payload of 1,950 kilogrammes into a 200 kilometre high Earth orbit with 63° inclination.
		After the failure of 2005, 8 October, all Rockot launches were suspended until the failure was identified.
		The root cause was unambiguously identified and the corrective measures for Rockot's return-to-flight were implemented for the South Korean Kompsat-2 earth observation satellite launch which took place successfully on July 28, 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rockot (440 words)

	From the SS-19 to the commercial launch vehicle Rockot - successful German-Russian space co-operation through EADS ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rockot is intended to serve the market for small and medium-sized low earth orbit satellite systems up to a total weight of two tonnes within a short time.
		The Rockot launch of two GRACE satellites on 16 March 2002 marked the beginning of commercial launch services.
		Re-ignitability and highly manoeuvrability of the Rockot upper stage Breeze allowed smooth delivery of all the satellites into their intended 3 orbits.
	www.space.eads.net /press-center/press-documents/455-en (1272 words)

	CryoSat environmental testing over — preparations for shipment to launch site about to begin
		The last phase of the testing programme focused on rigorous acoustic tests, which subjected the satellite to the same levels of noise that it will be exposed to during launch.
		CryoSat will be launched on a Rockot launch vehicle from the remote Plesetsk Cosmodrome about 800 km north of Moscow in Russia.
		Rockot is one of the modified Russian Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) SS-19 launchers, which were decommissioned as a result of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 1991.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-07/esa-cet072105.php (450 words)

	Satellites lost late last week - CryoSat and Demonstrator - The Planetary Society Blog \| The Planetary Society
		According to the Director General of the Khrunichev Space Centre, the failure was due to a missing command in the onboard flight control system of the Rockot launch vehicle.
		According to this website CryoSat was the first failure of the Rockot (also spelled Rokot) launch vehicle.
		The answer to that question will determine whether they should continue to trust the Rockot launch vehicle, whether they should demand changes before they try using it again, or whether the loss does betray some kind of systemic problem that is unlikely to change.
	www.planetary.org /blog/article/00000020 (752 words)

	SPACE.com -- Russian 'Rockot' Booster In Business
		The lightweight Rockot booster is based on a UR 100-NU intercontinental ballistic missile built by Khrunichev Enterprise in Moscow.
		In the West, it is known by its NATO classification, the SS 19 "Stiletto." In March 1995, the company founded a joint venture with DaimlerChrysler called Eurockot, to market the launch vehicle internationally.
		The Rockot launcher itself completed two suborbital, and one orbital launch in the 1990s.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/launches/rockot_launch_000516.html (321 words)

	Strela
		Russian space launch vehicle converted from the RS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (NATO classification: SS-19 Stiletto) by NPO Mashinostoyeniya and marketed by Space Development Corp. Strela ("arrow") is 26.7 m long with a takeoff mass of 104 tons and can carry a payload of up to 1,700 kg into low Earth orbit.
		Similar in performance to Rockot, Strela can be launched from Baikonur or Svobodny (Russia's newest spaceport, a converted facility that used to serve as the base for a military ballistic missile unit), while Rockot is launched from Plesetsk and may in the future be launched from Baikonur.
		Although in terms of payload mass Strela is slightly inferior to Rockot, it has a lower orbital injection cost.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/S/Strela.html (326 words)

	Russian Space Boosters \| Rockot \| VideoCosmos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		"Rockot" Space booster was designed at Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center on the base of ICBM SS-19 Mod.2 (Russian industry designation 15A35 UR-100NU, RS-18).
		First test launch of ICBM was conducted October 26th, 1977.
		First launch of the "Rockot" space booster was conducted November 20th, 1990.
	www.videocosmos.com /boosters-rockot.shtm (123 words)

	Rockot
		A three-stage launch vehicle based on the RS-18 (SS-19, or "Stiletto," as it was known to NATO) intercontinental ballistic missile – the most powerful missile in the Russian arsenal.
		Rockot is supplied and operated by Eurockot Launch Services GmbH of Bremen, Germany, a joint venture of Astrium GmbH and Krunichev State Research and Production Center.
		Rockot successfully launched its first commercial payload, two Intersputnik communications satellites, in February 2001, and launched the twin satellites of GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) in November 2001.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/R/Rockot.html (183 words)

	Eurockot company
		In order to make the Rockot launch complex at the Plesetsk launch base (’cosmodrome’) more competitive in the international market a new international-level technological/residential infrastructure has been built that includes a ground processing facility, a launch facility, a hotel, a restaurant and a state-of-the-art communications/TV system.
		A first Rockot launch (a demonsator) took place in May 2000 to demonstrate that both the launcher and the launch base facilities were fully prepared to provide competitive launch services.
		A second Rockot LV carrying two satellites was launched under the Iridium Global Satellite Communication System Project on June 20, 2002.
	www.airshow.ru /expo/110/prod_1718.htm (312 words)

	Strela launcher
		Unlike Rockot, which incorporated a brand-new Breeze upper stage to make a space launcher, the Strela would require only minor modifications on the original missile.
		Under 1,600 kilograms could be inserted into a 200-kilometer orbit with the inclination 51.8 degrees and 1,110 kilograms could be boosted to the Sun-synchronous orbit, overflying North and South poles of Earth.
		While Khrunichev enterprise used its established marketing muscle to market Rockot booster internationally, NPO Mash was "selling" the Strela to the Russian government along with a family of its semi-military satellites, among them remote sensing Condor-E spacecraft, carrying radar and optical payloads.
	www.russianspaceweb.com /strela.html (852 words)

	Rockot Hopes To Make GRACE Launch A Breeze
		ROCKOT will lift a maximum payload of up to 1,950 kg into highly inclined, polar and sun-synchronous low earth orbits.
		ROCKOT will deploy the GRACE satellites into a circular orbit of 89 degrees inclination and a 500 km altitude with a very high and proven injection accuracy.
		ROCKOT is launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, 800 km northeast of Moscow, where modernized and dedicated launch facilities are used by Eurockot following a substantial investment of more than USD 40 million by Astrium.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/launchers-02d.html (910 words)

	Eurockot Launch Service Provider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		ROCKOT is a three stage liquid propellant launcher based on the Russian SS-19 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile which provides Rockot with its first and second stages.
		This launch system is particularly suitable for launches of small and medium sized spacecraft into sun-synchronous, near polar and highly inclined orbits.
		ROCKOT can also be used for the initial set up of constellations by lofting several satellites in one launch.
	www.eurockot.com /alist.asp?cnt=20040654&main=2&subm=83 (330 words)

	Bulletin 26 – Conversion of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
		The throw-weight of Rockot or Strela is comparable to the throw-weight of Cosmos-3M, and the throw-weight of Tsyklon-3 is comparable to that of Dnepr.
		However, Cosmos was launched about 750 times,[8] while statistics for Rockot are based on the SS-19 ICBM that was test-launched about 160 times.15 (Rockot itself was launched only eight times, as shown in Table 6).
		In particular, the SS-19 (Rockot) ICBM can only be used until 2007, the SS-19 (Strela) until 2010, the SS-18 Mod 4 (Dnepr) until 2009, and the SS-25 (Start-1) until 2012.
	www.inesap.org /bulletin26/art13.htm (2159 words)

	ESA - Living Planet Programme - CryoSat launch will be blast from the Cold War past (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In a striking juxtaposition of new and old, the ESA ice satellite mated to a newly-finished Breeze-KM upper stage will be hauled most of the way to orbit by a vintage SS-19 two-stage rocket, first assembled two decades ago to serve as a weapon of nuclear war.
		The firm is a joint venture between EADS Space and Russia's Khrunichev rocket-makers and has been in existence for a decade.
		We have assurances from the Russian government that the Rockots will be good to fly until at least 2015, and envisage that could be prolonged to 2020 or later."
	www.esrin.esa.it /esaLP/SEMOLY7X9DE_index_0.html (748 words)

	ESA Science & Technology: Orbit/Navigation
		The LISA Pathfinder transfer trajectory is based on a launch on board a Rockot vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russian Siberia.
		A compatibility study with a possible launch with the newly developed VEGA launcher, from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana is ongoing.
		The Rockot upper stage, named Breeze KM, will inject the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft into an elliptical orbit inclined at 63° to the equator, with apogee near 600 km and a perigee at 200 km.
	sci.esa.int /science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=31436 (527 words)

	Rockot, Tsyklon and "dirty" launchers-Blog-Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces
		When the Space Forces announced the end of Tsyklon launches from Plesetsk, the alleged reason was that these NDMH-fueled launchers are harmful for enviroment.
		The harm part is certainly true, but it wasn't NDMH that tipped the scale - the Space Forces has no problems with keeping the equally "dirty" Kosmos-3M in operation.
		Or with planning commercial Rockot launches from Plesetsk - a team from Globalstar came to Plesetsk last week to look at the prospective launch site.
	russianforces.org /blog/2005/05/rockot_tsyklon_and_dirty_launc.shtml (276 words)

	CryoSat Arrives Safely At Plesetsk Launch Site, In Russia
		Rockot is based on the SS-19 intercontinental ballistic missile, with a versatile third stage added to the 2-stage missile booster.
		With speed and a limited budget in mind, the CryoSat project have found an elegant solution for launch, that being a Russian Rockot vehicle, which is actually a converted SS-19 ballistic missile launcher with an additional Breeze-KM upper stage.
		CryoSat will be the first ESA mission launched on Rockot followed by the Earth Explorers GOCE (Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer) in 2006 and SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) in 2007.
	www.terradaily.com /news/eo-05zzzzj.html (710 words)

	Space - - Europe and Russia use Cold War rockets to launch satellites
		ROCKOT is a three-stage liquid propellant launcher capable of putting a 1900-kg payload, including several satellites at once, into Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
		The ROCKOT launcher’s booster unit is an adaptation of the highly reliable SS-19 ICBM, tested in flight over 140 times.
		ROCKOT launches from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, located in northern Russia, about 800 km northeast of Moscow.
	ec.europa.eu /comm/space/news/article_1364_en.html (763 words)

	GRACE - Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
		Based on the Russian RS-18 (U.S. designation SS-19) Stiletto Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, the world first got a glimpse of the Rockot launch vehicle when it was launched from Baikonur in December of 1994.
		When scientists designed Rockot, a multi-ignitable and highly maneuverable third stage was added.
		Improvements to the Rockot launch vehicle were decided upon by Eurockot in early 1998 to allow accommodation of larger payloads under the fairing.
	www.csr.utexas.edu /grace/launch/rokot (298 words)

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